Essential Idioms in English
Source: Essential Idioms in English: Phrasal Verbs and Collocations by Robert J. Dixson.
This widely-used classic book helps people learn and understand 500 of the most common English-language idioms, phrasal verbs and collocations.
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Sample Data
| Id | Idioms_326_Advanced_002 |
| Audio | |
| Expression | to lay off |
| Meaning | to abstain from, stop using as a habit; to release or discharge from a job (also: related idiom: to let go) (S) |
| Comment | |
| Examples | If you're trying to lose weight, you should lay off sweet things. If business continues to be slow, we will have to lay off some workers. It will be necessary to let the youngest employees go first. |
| German | entlassen, ablegen |
| Spanish | dejar cesante, despedir |
| French | mettre au chômage |
| Id | Idioms_095_Elementary_095 |
| Audio | |
| Expression | out of the question |
| Meaning | impossible, not feasible |
| Comment | |
| Examples | Stephen told Deborah that it was out of the question for her to borrow his new car. Don't expect me to do that again. It's absolutely out of the question. |
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| Spanish | |
| French |
| Id | Idioms_297_Intermediate_141 |
| Audio | |
| Expression | to go wrong |
| Meaning | to fail, to result badly |
| Comment | |
| Examples | Something went wrong with the engine, so we had to have the car towed to a garage. Shawn should have been here over an hour ago; I'm certain that something went wrong. |
| German | falsch gehen |
| Spanish | salir mal |
| French | marcher mal, ne pas marcher |